Technical Note/Tool

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s Solid Waste Cost-of-Service Analysis Editable Tool

This document accompanies the Solid Waste Cost-of-Service Analysis Tool. Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s Solid Waste Cost-of-Service Analysis 

Guidelines for Local Governments Read More

Marine Litter Guidebook Tables

These tables accompany the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Marine Litter Audit Guidebook Read More

Marine Litter Audit Guidebook

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s Marine Litter Audit Guidebook provides practical guidance on measuring the rate, extent, and composition of litter that is intentionally deposited on, or washes onto, a beach area to measure the extent and impacts of marine litter on beach-front areas in communities. Read More

Street Litter Audit Guidebook Tables

These tables accompany the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Street Litter Audit Guidebook. Read More

Street Litter Audit Guidebook

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s Street Litter Audit Guidebook provides practical guidance on conducting street litter audits—a standardized approach to measuring the extent and impacts of litter on city streets and walkways to help to understand the extent of the litter problem in communities. Read More

Short-Lived Climate Pollutants & USAID’s Climate Strategy: Achieving Fast Mitigation

This guide identifies possible SLCP actions that can be taken across key sectors and USAID regions for advancing development and climate goals. Read More

Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) Assessment Tool Overview

The SCIL enables local governments to self-assess their current capabilities associated with key criteria needed to develop and maintain a sustainable solid waste management system. Read More

The Building Blocks of a Circular Economy: USAID’S Local Systems Approach to Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution

This brief describes each building block, outlines custom performance indicators, and provides examples to address key constraints to develop programs that use a systems approach and consider context-specific mechanisms and tools. Read More

Clean Cities Blue Ocean Initial Gender Assessment

This tool was developed by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program to help each of its partners assess whether and how their own organization applies a gender lens; identify areas where the organization may need to think about more thoroughly about implementing its programs in terms of gender; and… Read More